With many attractions gracing a dazzling waterfront, Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the country’s premier outdoor city destinations, with offerings that go well beyond its famous Riverwalk and into lively neighborhoods. At a time when your clients are yearning to travel and might prefer staying domestic with options for outdoor fun, Visit Tampa Bay has recently updated the information in its training program at TravelAgentAcademy. com to help you present the city as a compelling choice.

The course looks at Tampa Bay’s main neighborhoods, detailing top things to do and see, both outdoors and in spacious galleries and museums, as well as describing numerous dining options, many of them al fresco. Chapter 2 focuses on itinerary building, covering everything from accommodations to affordable transportation options that make the city easy to navigate. Following are several highlights:

Riverwalk

A promenade running along the Hillsborough River, the Riverwalk serves as the hub of Tampa Bay’s social life. Here your clients can go waterbiking, join a yoga class on a sprawling lawn, let the kids play in a splash park after a visit to The Florida Aquarium or Glazer Children’s Museum, attend a performance at the Straz Center, explore an art gallery, enjoy a world-class dinner or go for a nighttime stroll as the river transforms into a spectacle of lights.

Swashbuckling Transit

A fun way to travel along the Riverwalk is to take the Pirate Water Taxi, which is hosted by costumed characters eager to entertain passengers with tales of Tampa’s buccaneering past. True pirate aficionados should visit during Gasparilla Season, when pirate parades, food events, and art and music festivals take the city by storm.

Eclectic Ybor City

Tampa Bay celebrates many cultures, including those of the LGBTQ+ community, and Cuban, Spanish, Italian, German and Eastern European immigrants. Visitors can absorb this eclectic vibe in Ybor City, an immigrant-built cigar manufacturing center from the late 1800s that is home to colorful street art and roaming chickens. The course will tell you where to send clients for cigar-rolling demonstrations, flamenco shows, authentic international foods, entertaining nightlife and cultural experiences.

Itinerary Help

The program offers itineraries for families, LGBTQ+ travelers, couples and groups of friends, plus suggestions for day trips to nearby attractions (like Busch Gardens Tampa Bay), helping you position Tampa Bay as an ideal cruise extension or a vacation hub for an extended stay.